C'est La Vie is a drawing by Paul Davenport which was uploaded on July 24th, 2016.
C'est La Vie
Having recently been working with several child protection agencies and doing a stint working in a local hospital... I felt somewhat compelled to do... more
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Title
C'est La Vie
Artist
Paul Davenport
Medium
Drawing - Charcoal & Compressed Charcoal On Paper
Description
Having recently been working with several child protection agencies and doing a stint working in a local hospital... I felt somewhat compelled to do this drawing, which is intended to create empathy... though it doesn't quite capture what I was aiming for!
A timeline for the drawing can be seen on...
https://www.behance.net/gallery/40959325/cest-la-vie-timeline
The drawing is done with charcoal and compressed charcoal onto 420 x 594mm Daler Rowney 200g/m2 Fine Grain HeavyWeight paper.
Uploaded
July 24th, 2016
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Comments (24)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
Paul Davenport
Thank you very much to Jannice Walker for featuring this drawing in the 'All Art Welcome' group :-)
Paul Davenport
Thank you very much to Fred Jinkins for featuring this drawing in the 'We Paint Every Day' group :-)
Karen Ann
Such feeling! Well done!
Paul Davenport replied:
Thank you Karen :-)... sometimes one has to do these things... otherwise they're just sitting in ones head!!!... then I don't know whether to upload them anywhere or not :-)
Paul Davenport
A big thank you to Jim Rehlin for featuring this artwork in the "Exclusively Drawings and Paintings" group :-)
Paul Davenport
A big thank you to Jenn Pointer for featuring this artwork in the "Figurative Abstraction" group :-)
Joni Eskridge
Whether you think it captured what you intended or not, I can say that it instantly connected and evoked empathy when I viewed it Paul. It sounds as if you have been working in some stressful situations. Your art is powerful and beautiful.
Stephen Stookey
Powerful in B&W.
Paul Davenport replied:
I think maybe I should just have done a close up of her head!... maybe later - Ive been sidetracked drawing dead flies at the moment:-)